Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
From the early days of his career Sir Charles Mackerras has been a 'natural' among recording conductors, and here he...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1987
Beroff made an admirable set of the complete piano concertos for HMV (SLS882, 10/74—nla) and now he contributes a useful...
Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 4/1986
Mendelssohn's two solo piano concertos deserve more frequent airing in the concert hall, as the late Rudolf Serkin's splendid performances...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/1991
The Hyperion Dyad pairs Svetlanov’s Philharmonia performances of the two very similar symphonies of Balakirev. They bring consistently fine playing...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/1999
Stravinsky liked Anatole Liadov, an older figure in Russian music active as composer, teacher and conductor. But Liadov was famous...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 13/2010
''This now has to be the recommended version'', wrote Alan Blyth, reviewing the medium-price CD reissue of Klemperer's EMI recording...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 8/1990
These two recordings were made in 1986 and 1988 respectively. Well versed though the Hanover Band are in the instruments...
Reviewed in issue 10/2001
Villa-Lobos wrote five piano concertos as well as other works for piano and orchestra with less concertante titles, such as...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1998
In just over 70 minutes, this disc takes us from the dawn of Britten’s creative life to its sunset. The...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 7/2011
Always an unaffected and inspiriting Haydn conductor, Colin Davis again reveals his profound sympathy for the composer on this LSO...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 9/2009
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
This compact, all-in-one hi-fi package from Pro-Ject strips away the system-matching fuss,...
‘There is very little comfort here for anyone who regards music as an ennobling or humanising force’
Andrew Farach-Colton enjoys a sumptuous set of the Japanese conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan on sets honouring a composer anniversary and a Croatian conductor
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